What the Giants’ aerial attack lacks in a vertical threat, Shula and the coaching staff hopes will be made up by Shepard and Tate’s reliable hands and ability to thrive between the hashmarks.

Tate in particular is someone who has the building buzzing.

“I think he is going to bring productivity because he is really good with the ball in his hands,” Shula said. “Versatility, and flexibility. You can put him inside, you know, we know with Shep that Shep can play both inside and out.”

Tate and Shepard’s versatility to play inside and out will give head coach Pat Shurmur some play-calling flexibility, but there is a risk that the pair of wide receivers’ skill-sets will present some redundancy because they are better suited to play the slot.

However, the Giants’ staff believes that Tate’s playmaking ability after the catch combined with the fact that he and Shepard can easily be moved around will keep opposing defenses guessing.

“The beauty of those guys is that they can play anywhere on the field,” Giants wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert told NJ Advance Media. “They can make plays from everywhere on the field. To have guys who can run down and stretch the field, which both of them can do, to have guys who can run underneath and make yards after the catch, I think that’s a valuable asset to our team to have multiple guys who can do multiple things on the field at the same time.

“Now that we have guys with similar skill-sets, you can do everything you want to do, without trying to say ‘I’m going to do this when player X is on the field and I’m going to do this when we have player B on the field,’ we’re going to do everything with everybody on the field. That will help us tremendously.”

If the Giants intend on featuring running back Saquon Barkley more in the passing game this season and operating between the numbers, Tate, Shepard and tight end Evan Engram could be an ideal receiving corps that won’t force quarterback Eli Manning to push the ball downfield because they each are fast and elusive enough playmakers after the catch.

Tate, who caught 74 passes for 795 yards and four touchdowns with the Eagles and Detroit Lions last season, is eager to be moved around the field like a chess piece in the passing game.

“I’m excited," Tate said recently. "I’m going to have an opportunity to line up in a bunch of places. Just looking at the Giants over the past years, we have some incredible guys in our meeting room who can be moved outside, inside, at tight end, whatever it may be.

“When I got into the league, and specifically when I got to Detroit, in two-receiver sets, I was the ‘Z’, and in three-receiver sets, I was ‘X’, and I was all over the place, which required me to learn it all, and have high endurance, and hopefully have the opportunity to just be moved around.”